YOGYAKARTA – PT VKTR Teknologi Mobilitas Tbk (VKTR) has expressed its enthusiasm to collaborate with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vocational College, Universitas Gadjah Mada (DTM SV UGM) on a collaborative laboratory (co-lab): an electric-vehicle maintenance workshop at DTM SV UGM. The idea came up during VKTR’s visit to DTM SV UGM on Tuesday, 20 October 2026. VKTR was represented by Y. Leonardi, Deputy Vice President, Aftersales & Account Management, and M. Nurkhozin, Manager, Aftersales & Warranty. The facility is meant as a place for students to learn hands-on maintenance of VKTR units, especially students of the Applied Bachelor Programme in Heavy Equipment Management and Maintenance Engineering (TPPAB). The candidate site is the area of DTM SV UGM’s Industrial Machine Maintenance (Heavy Equipment) Laboratory, in UGM’s Faculty of Engineering complex on Jalan Grafika, Yogyakarta. Both parties will discuss the co-lab plan further. read more

YOGYAKARTA – PT VKTR Teknologi Mobilitas Tbk (VKTR) is a national commercial electric-vehicle company headquartered in Jakarta, with an assembly facility in Magelang, Central Java. It showed its commitment to collaborate with Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), especially the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vocational College (DTM SV UGM). VKTR’s product line sits close to TPPAB’s field. It includes 12 m and 8 m electric buses, heavy-duty 6×4 and light-duty 4×2 electric trucks, 6×4 tractor heads for on-road and off-road (mining) use, an 8×4 dump truck, and electric forklifts and loaders. The commitment was expressed during a visit to DTM SV UGM on Tuesday, 20 October 2026. VKTR was represented by Y. Leonardi, Deputy Vice President, Aftersales & Account Management, and M. Nurkhozin, Manager, Aftersales & Warranty. As this fleet grows, VKTR will need vocational graduates in several areas, including after-sales, remanufacturing and maintenance. The visit therefore discussed a collaboration scheme with the Applied Bachelor Programme in Heavy Equipment Management and Maintenance Engineering (TPPAB). The meeting opened with a profile of DTM SV UGM, followed by a presentation of TPPAB × VKTR collaboration opportunities for the TPPAB programme specifically and for DTM SV UGM more broadly, delivered by Dr. Ir. Ilham Ayu Putri Pratiwi, S.T., and Dr. Eng. Ir. Yosephus Ardean Kurnianto Prayitno, S.T., M.Eng., IPM. read more

SLEMAN, YOGYAKARTA – Having completed an engine test bench (ETB) for the Komatsu SAA6D107E-1 common-rail diesel engine, the Heavy Equipment Management and Maintenance Engineering (TPPAB) study programme, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vocational College, Universitas Gadjah Mada (DTM SV UGM), has begun preparing the facility for wider use, developing modules, SOPs and a training of trainers programme to be held this semester. The ETB, located at the Industrial Machine Maintenance Laboratory of DTM SV UGM, serves as a student trainer, a platform for further research, and a training facility with the industry partner PT United Tractors Tbk. read more

SLEMAN, YOGYAKARTA – The Heavy Equipment Management and Maintenance Engineering (TPPAB) study programme, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vocational College, Universitas Gadjah Mada (DTM SV UGM), has completed an engine test bench (ETB) for the Komatsu SAA6D107E-1 common-rail diesel engine, the power unit of the PC200-8 excavator. The facility was built at the Industrial Machine Maintenance Laboratory of DTM SV UGM between April and October 2026. It is designed to revisit low power, a problem that heavy equipment frequently suffers in the field. read more